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Welcome to Bartel’s Beach Cottage!

The Bartel’s Beach Cottage is perfect for families, couples, or just a get together with your friends. Choose the Bartel’s Beach Cottage for your next vacation destination!  The quaint town of LakeMills offers beaches, golfing, hiking, biking, excellent dining, and many other activities for you to enjoy. During the winter months, ice fishing, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and other outdoor activities are popular as well.

Amenities

Bartel’s Beach Cottage offers everything you need for a relaxing vacation. It is located directly across from one of our most popular beaches, Bartel’s Beach, and has one of the best views of RockLake. This 1200 square foot cottage is newly renovated with hardwood floors and vaulted ceilings. It includes two bedrooms, two bathrooms, dining area, large living room and kitchen with all appliances along with beautiful granite counter tops.

This unique cottage also offers the following:

• Sleeping accommodations for 8 to 10 people.
• Fully equipped kitchen.
• Television with DVD/VCR.
• Central air conditioning.
• Gas fireplace.
• Living room that overlooks the lake in order to view the wonderful sunsets.
• Beach and playground within 50 feet of the front door.

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Welcome to Holiday Inn Express Watertown
Guests in Watertown, Wisconsin Love Our Hotel’s Perks

Situated on the banks of the Rock River and in an area peppered with rich farmlands, Watertown is a beautiful place to visit year-round. During your visit, the completely renovated Holiday Inn Express® Watertown hotel makes your stay more comfortable by offering amenities like free Wi-Fi access.

Corporate travelers appreciate our modern facilities, which boasts large work desks and ergonomic chairs; and if you’re looking for hotels in Watertown, WI with meeting space, you’ll be pleased that we have a 1,250-sq-ft event room. Business travelers also love our hotel’s location in Watertown, Wisconsin since numerous towns, including Johnson Creek and Oconomowoc, are nearby.

We also place you near Maranatha Bible College and Luther Preparatory School, as well as great attractions like the Market in the Old Mill District and Berres Brothers Coffee. While searching for hotels in Watertown, WI, remember that we’re near Fireside Dinner Theater, which boasts fabulous dining and exciting performances. Spend an afternoon at the Johnson Creek Premium Outlets and the historic Octagon House, or take a day trip to Milwaukee or Madison, since we’re within 30 minutes driving distance of both cities.

Our Express Start Breakfast Bar is served hot daily and is free to our hotel’s guests. Explore Watertown, Wisconsin and return to enjoy the indoor pool, sauna, and spa or sit in a soft chair by the fire.

Our Watertown, Wisconsin hotel’s location places you near area shopping, dining and attractions, so you’ll have every convenience you need. Our friendly staff is always happy to provide suggestions. Johnson Creek Premium Outlets is located only 5 minutes from the hotel and offers over 60 unique stores.

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The Jefferson County Living reaches the communities of Cambridge, Fort Atkinson, Helenville, Jefferson, Johnson Creek, Lake Mills, Palmyra, Sullivan, Whitewater, Watertown, Ixonia every week with a distribution of 31,213.

We are your local connection to community events,  real estate, auctions, automotive, help wanted, business and professional directories and so much more. Our website features page turner views of each weeks edition, plus copies of the Wedding Guide, Newcomers Guide, Summer Fun, Resource Directory, Coupon Connect and Menu guide. Check out the gallery of local photos and community events.

Every year we sponsor the Spring Home Show held in March at the Jefferson County Fair Park Activity Center and in the fall of the year with the help of local sponsors bring the Taste of Home Cooking Show to Jefferson County.

Look for circular flyers weekly from local merchants such as Shopko, Kmart, Menards, Farm & Fleet, and more.

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Casual pub atmosphere in the front, two beautiful dining rooms and a large patio in the back. The pub is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week plus breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. The Great Room and Stone Rooms are open on Friday and Saturday nights and are available to reserve for private functions such as weddings, rehearsal dinners, showers, holiday parties from 15-100 people.  We are known for our specialty burgers, authentic Philly cheesesteaks and our homemade pizza.

Before opening the Keystone Grill, we owned and operated Kemler’s Lamp, a small restaurant on Lake Koshkonong. We also have Ken and Betty’s in Fort Atkinson.

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The Fireside Dinner Theatre is an extraordinary entertainment destination located in charming, historic Fort Atkinson.  Known far and wide as one of the Midwest’s finest professional theatres, The Fireside presents an impressive array of smash hit musicals and spectacular musical revues.  Wisconsin’s only Equity Dinner Theatre, The Fireside features talent from Broadway and across the nation.  The Fireside experience also includes award-winning dining and fabulous service, beautiful gift shops, and legendary Klopcic Family hospitality.  Celebrating 49 years of hospitality and 36 seasons of professional theatre, The Fireside is a favorite destination for couples, families, and tour groups alike with seven shows weekly plus a Friday Night Fish Fry voted the Area’s Best.

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Located in Historic Downtown Watertown, Tribeca occupies the cornerstone building that was constructed in 1874.  We offer a large variety of coffee, espresso, tea, smoothies, and other delicious beverages.  Try our Manhattan Mocha as you browse our wide variety of adult and children’s books, jewelry, artisan crafts and gifts.  Relax in our comfy chairs located on our mezzanine level overlooking Watertown’s Main Street.  Free internet/Wi-Fi access available, as well as a conference room which accomodates up to 18 people.

Tribeca offers locally made pastries and lite fare foods, such as our soup with a baguette, cheese and crackers with pesto, or our baguette with brie.

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The family tradition of wine making began in Sicily over 125 years ago, by Grandpa Mikele Vetrano. When Mikele moved his tradition to the U.S. he passed down his talents to his son, Joe Vetrano. Joe, then taught his son, Bill Vetrano the Sicilan family tradition of winemaking. Bill has the passion that his Grandpa and Father had. Bill now continues his family tradition at Vetro Winery which is tucked in the quaint, new development of Sanctuary Ridge, in the City of Jefferson, WI. Vetro Winery is conveniently located between the metropolitan area of Milwaukee and Madison. Relax and Un-Wine, and enjoy the view from the patio which offers a holistic view. Experience the relaxing, casual atmosphere with captivating views overlooking the woods and marshland in the heart of Jefferson County.

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On the first Friday after Labor Day, check out the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival in Jefferson, WI.  It is THE festival in the midwest for all things sheep, wool and fiber arts related.  The three day festival is celebrating its 12th anniversary in 2013.  We are expecting over 600 sheep to be on the fairgrounds this year, over 100 dogs running in the Stock dog trial and more than 130 vendors with gifts, yarn, cheese, etc – and last year’s “people” attendance was over 6000.

In addition to the sheep, there are herding dog trials, classes for shepherds (from novice through experienced), classes for fiber artists (spinning, knitting, basket weaving, rug hooking and more), vendors selling fleeces, yarns, finished products, baskets, spinning wheels, looms and more, sheep shows, shearing demonstrations, food, the state Make it Yourself with Wool competition - take a look at the web site for more information.

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We invite you to experience the Artstanding entertainment that abounds at UW-Whitewater’s Young Auditorium. Young Auditorium presents world class entertainment from Broadway’s Best Musicals to Contemporary Dance, from World Music to Wisconsin  Chamber  Choir with Orchestra, from Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew to The Improvised Shakespeare Company, plus wholesome family events with enough variety to please all ages.

We offer a host of amenities including: Sound Bites a pre show lecture/discussion with dessert and beverages available for purchase facilitated by a member of the company or expert who shares background about the evenings performance; Dinners in the Kachel Center adjacent to Young Auditorium are available prior to several events throughout the season catered by University Dining Services; partake in great conversation with your fellow members, and enjoy appetizers and refreshments at three pre-show member receptions  and a thank you celebration at the close of the season, Hearing assistance devices are availble at our information desk; concessions offer a reusable beverage glass that may be taken into the theatre during performances and reused at other events.

Other exciting cultural activities include UW-Whitewater’s Theater & Dance department events, The Crossman Gallery, Whitewater Arts Alliance exhibits and events throughout the year. The natural beauty of the Kettle Moraine, the abundance of lakes and rural splendor are the perfect inspiration and backdrop for the outstanding cultural events that make Whitewater the perfect destination for your next visit.